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K In times of great crisis, people generally show either great ingenuity or
self-reliance; others do, incredibly stupid things. Do you remember any
examples of either? It's a question according to the
condition's. In either great ingenuity or self reliance
depends on team work.

L Where were you at midnight on June 5, 1944? on the L.C.I. that we
boards on May 31 Just bobbing along.

M Where were you at midnight on June 6, 1944? about a 1000 yrds [inserted] in land [end inserted] from the
beach we landed at "Omaha"

N Do you know of anybody else who landed within those 24 hours (midnight
June 5 to midnight June 6) as infantry, glider or airborne troops, or
who took part in the air and sea operations, whom we should write to?
I met a lot of boys from different outfits. Rangers, Soliders
Para-troopers, [inserted] Infantry [end inserted] and airborne troops from our briefing prior
to the invasion. we knew there missions and objectives
to remember any names [inserted] no [end inserted] but in all the years gone by
that I see their shoulder patches or emblems it bring
back memories of the boys that wore then on D-Day and
I know are proud of their outfits embelm who distingiushed
them selves so highly on D. Day.

PLEASE LET US HAVE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE CAN
INCLUDE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE BOOK. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE YOUR
STORY ON SEPARATE SHEETS IF WE HAVE NOT LEFT SUFFICIENT ROOM.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WILL BE GIVEN IN A CHAPTER CALLED "WHERE THEY ARE NOW;
YOUR NAME AND VOCATION OR OCCUPATION WILL BE LISTED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

Cornelius Ryan

Frances Ward
Research, The Reader's Digest